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Comment by heroonebob

From Commander Thorak, just outside the gates of Orgrimmar.

Comment by zingar

actually i got away from the boat while it was still sailing (i was flying, boat had already left kalimdor but the event had not started yet) and after a few minutes of just swimming around i completed the quest :pthanks for the video though because i missed the event where the boat was attacked

Comment by Maserman

Even though the event bugs along with the boat, when you reach Vahij, just dive into the water. Sooner or later you will find a yellow '?' and this is where you need to go.

Comment by Eveena

Once the octopus causes the boat to lose its passengers, you will be taken under water. Maybe a good idea to take one breathing potion with you, or remember to surface at times to renew your breath while doing the first quest. Upon completion of the first quest, you will get a buff that allows you to breathe under water. A fun new area! FYI the crabs on the ocean bottom are skinnable. Be careful of mobs that are easily aggroed.

Comment by shmoota

Confirmed. If you fly off of the boat before you get "Quest Complete" just swim down in the water a little ways and it'll complete. Thanks a ton for mentioning this! My hearth was still in Dalaran which would have meant it taking another 15 minutes to get back to that point for the quest.

Comment by Yodogtalia

LOL @ Budd, "I'm saaaaaaaaaaailing!" xD

Comment by Arkelas

I get the quest and then what? Should I automatically get in a ship and sail? It says "Ride the mercenary ship to Vashj'ir but there is no ship here :) Is it bugged?

Comment by Meyo

After you accept the quest and head onto the docks, five members of Hellscream's Vanguard will walk down the dock, and break into two groups: 3 to the right, 2 to the left (if you're facing the ocean). While waiting for the boat to arrive, they chat.

Group of three:Hellscream's Vanguard says: We are Hellscream's Vanguard!Hellscream's Vanguard says: Why must we ride to battle in some pathetic mercenary vessel?Hellscream's Vanguard says: The rest of the fleet has already been sent to the region.Hellscream's Vanguard says: …their return is long overdue.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Hah! They should've known to send us in the first place.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Agreed, brother, but the Horde fights many fires these days and the Vanguard are few in number…Hellscream's Vanguard says: Fortunately for our enemies, we can be in only one place at a time.

Group of two:Hellscream's Vanguard says: Strange… Just yesterday, I was dispatched to Ashenvale.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Halfway there I got orders to meet you all here. This must be important.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Have you not heard?Hellscream's Vanguard says: An island has emerged from the depths… just off the coast of Stormwind.Hellscream's Vanguard says: We're gunna take it.Hellscream's Vanguard says: And once we do, Stormwind's days are numbered.Hellscream's Vanguard says: An island rose up from the sea… within striking distance of Stormwind?Hellscream's Vanguard says: This is no coincidence! Azeroth herself has cast her lot with the Horde!Hellscream's Vanguard says: Indeed, brother. It would seem so…

Group of three again:Hellscream's Vanguard says: Here, warrior. Eat this.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Your reflexes will quicken, and your stamina will increase.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Hah! I don't need your crutches, friend.Hellscream's Vanguard says: I've faced the best that Stormwind has to offer, and still I stand.Hellscream's Vanguard says: My axe has split as many Alliance skulls as yours, brother. Maybe more.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Hellscream will settle for nothing short of total victory.Hellscream's Vanguard says: Should we fail, he'll chase us into the afterlife to take his retribution.Hellscream's Vanguard says: There is wisdom in your words, brother. I'll take that food of yours…Hellscream's Vanguard says: Aye, as will I.

Legionnaire Nazgrim walks to the center of the ship to start a speech.

Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: Hear my words, brothers!Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: We sail to a virgin island, a gift from Azeroth to the Horde!Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: Securing this land will win us our war!Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: The enemy has fought well, for Alliance…but they grow weary.Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: We shall crush what remains of them and lay claim to this land.Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: From its shores, we shall conquer Stormwind, and with it any hope the enemy clings to.Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: Azeroth will be reforged under a single banner!

He walks towards the cabin of the ship and plants a Horde banner.

Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: This banner!

The Vanguard gather around and all start /cheering, verbally saying "for the Horde!" etc.

Adarrah yells: Captain! Shipwreck off the starboard bow! There appear to be survivors!Legionnaire Nazgrim says: What is the meaning of this!

Legionnaire Nazgrim says: We have a battle to win!Mack fearsen says: What the… ?Legionnaire Nazgrim yells: Stand your ground, brothers! Make it bleed!

This starts a cutscene you can't control of the tentacles attacking the ship, grabbing everyone (including you) and tossing you into the water). A Zin'jatar Raider swims up to you as you're drawing and starts attacking you. Erunak Stonespeaker swims up, blasts the raider and says:

You then spawn in The Immortal Coil with Erunak and drowned warriors. Welcome to Vashj'ir.

Comment by evankimori

Note - if you're using the Adventurer's Journal in terms of pre-gaming for the zone or you're fresh out of Hyjal where you discovered the entrance for Blackrock to queue early - don't. You'll waste near 15-20mins of the buff.

Advice? Do this zone first if you wanna discover Throne Of The Tides after getting your seahorse and then move to Hyjal but don't pre-buff anything for this zone. This quest alone will wreck a few minutes off it.

Comment by Evyl

Coords for dock 57.77, 10.41 Bladfist Bay just out side of Orgrimar. East of Durotar

Comment by zara2133

im stuck on this quest now but there is no here to fix your armer or weapons once the defense quest fails they fail in other words u need to make a run fore it ok i did that an now im stuck with no weapons or armer an as good as dead i need help here how the ^&*! i get out of this water an home?

Comment by Mykai

Budd yelling "I'm sailing" and "Ahoy!" Is a reference to "What about Bob" a Bill Murray movie, where Bob has major mental issues, and sails on a boat, and yells the aforementioned quote! Excellent reference =)

Comment by ArkiKali

If you're having trouble finding the turn-in, he's in the hull of the sunken ship, which is actually the top-most part of the ship now. What you need to do is look along the ceiling / floor for some watery spots and then "jump" through into the topmost area. It's a little hard to spot if you don't know to look for it. Hope this helps :-)

Comment by Darathakhen

This seems a bit bugged to me. About 1/4-way onto the dock, i see a ship with ppl just to the left, and there are a bunch of orcs in armor whom i assume are the ones for this quest, and also a person I can talk to (a "talk" bubble when I hover over their head). However, i keep walking, and the ship and most the orcs disappear, along with the person I should be able to talk to. No boat ever comes. I back up to where I saw it, and it reappears and I can hear them and everything. But I go further, or step off the dock onto the land and it disappears. I've been sitting and waiting and nothing, except when I'm in that one spot. How do i get around this so I can do this quest?

Comment by evertonyuma

the boat will turn up after a few minutes ...NOT the boat thats already there.

Comment by Troo

Well this is awesome. I just attempted to do this quest on my 88 mage to open up Vashj'ir so that I could get to the trick or treat things at the inns and it's completely bugged.

I hop on the ship, it gets to the shipwreck, there are no npcs on the overturned boat, everyone on my boat starts screaming and running and finally one Kraken tentacle pops up and grabs me and pulls me into the water. The boat and the passengers disappear leaving me just under the water surface, I saw one other passenger fall into the water and then disappear. The quest will not progress past this point. There is nowhere to turn it in. This is awesome.

I've dropped it and picked it up again a few times all with the same issue. I tried swimming to the turn in point in the boat under water, but it's not phasing correctly so none of the NPCs are there. I have put in a bug report, but if anyone else runs into this it would be nice to have other people put in reports as well.